Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice Paper Joseph Merritt CJA344 July 10‚2011 Melba Ferlow- Herrington Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice Paper This paper will primarily focus on racial disparity in sentencing. While studying the different problems associated with racial disparity we will also look at why racial disparity exsist within sentencing. In society today there are a diversity of citizens‚ offenders‚ and leaders within the court system. However‚ race still plays a big role
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Many people are affected by cultural differences‚ but if one tries to break the barriers‚ the attempt is usually received with open arms and graciously. I remember when preparing for my trip to Germany friends asked why I chose Germany. I responded with “why not?” Then I was confronted with reasoning like “look what happened in World War II‚ you do not know their language‚” and my favorite‚ “all there are is Nazi people over there.” I looked at them for a second then replied with something to the
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Alyssa Krajewski 10/02/2012 Society and Global Diversity Race and Ethnicity The people of American are still fighting each day to get rid of the word prejudice. Prejudice is an unsupported generalization about a category of people. Being prejudice leads to stereotyping‚ this leads to racism. Why do people judge other people by the color of their skin? Why do they think their race is more superior? Black people are judged because they were once slaves; the fact that they were owned by white
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Cultural Diversity in Our Community NAME Axia College of University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity I was walking down the street the other day when I stopped and took a hard look at all the different people‚ businesses‚ and cultures that surrounded me. My first thought was "wow‚ we really live in a world that is held together by a wide variety of ethnic groups." Without all the different cultures and influences that I have experienced‚ I would not be the person I am today. Ethnicity
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Project: Kristopher Freitag Race and ethnicity and understanding its differences helped me achieve a certain amount of levity with the way I interact with others. America is extremely diverse‚ yet have an abundance of things in common. This is shown throughout history and right outside our doors‚ America‚ where our towns and cities are filled to the brim with personalities and of difference race and ethnicity share this culture that we call American society. I have learned
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Running head: Cultural Diversity Changes in the Workplace Changing Cultural Diversity in the Workplace Mary J. Shaw Altenburg‚ Missouri Abstract Diversity and inclusion in the workplace are laudable benchmarks‚ but making it a standard that all employees embrace requires an effective plan all will buy into. Factors such as the rising numbers of immigrants‚ mergers or joint ventures with companies in other countries‚ the rising use of temps and contract workers‚ and the increasing
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Addressing cultural diversity in the classroom. Cultural diversity and diversity in general is something that we should champion in the modern age. As a teacher however‚ it brings challenges to engage and maintain a student’s learning in the classroom environment. As Thomas Jefferson said “There is nothing more unequal‚ than the equal treatment of unequal people.” This essay will present a view that a pre-service and newly registered teacher needs to identify on an individual and self-less basis
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people of different race‚ age‚ sex‚ religion because perhaps they do not handle change well. People all across their world at one point in their life time can have directly or indirectly experienced stereotypes‚ racism‚ and or discrimination. Most likely their race or ethnicity was the basis of why the experienced happened. The concept of race and ethnicity has to be established first among people to get a better understanding of the people they interact with on a daily basis. Race is a concept that
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Cultural Diversity in My Community Cindy Kirkland Cultural Diversity February 18‚ 2007 Chino a community being so diverse‚ there is not enough cultural awareness. Leaders in the community treat people friendly‚ because they either know them already or read their personalities. In a diverse community‚ it is essential that the members of that community be aware of other members in the community. Knowledge is power and people can learn a lot by just paying attention to the actions of
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The Discrimination of Nonnative Speakers in the Workplace Melissa LeClaire Chamberlain College of Nursing SOCS-350N-21227: Cultural Diversity in the Professions Fall Term September 2014 Latino‚ Woman and Accent Discrimination Maria‚ an employee of Latino decent feels she was unfairly eliminated for a promotion because of her distinct accent; she has filed a complaint alleging the company has engaged in discriminatory practices. Evaluation Maria is a good employee but is often loud and aggressive
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